Yellow Eye Beans - 3 or 5 lb Box

Available in 3 lb and 5 lb Boxes · Harvested to Order · Ships Nationwide

Fresh Yellow Eye Beans are traditional New England shelling beans named for the distinctive yellow marking surrounding their central eye. When cooked, they develop a smooth, creamy texture and a rich flavor that makes them especially well suited to baked beans, soups, and stews.

Unlike dried Yellow Eye Beans, fresh beans require no soaking and generally cook in 20–30 minutes. Use them in traditional baked beans, soups, braises, casseroles, salads, and simple bean dishes—or freeze them while they are in season for use throughout the year.

Choose Your Box Size

3 lb Box — In the Pod
A practical quantity for home cooking, side dishes, and individual recipes.

5 lb Box — In the Pod
A larger quantity for batch cooking, entertaining, restaurant use, or freezing.

Please note: Yellow Eye Beans are shipped fresh in their pods. The selected box weight includes the pods, which are not eaten.

What Do They Taste Like?

Fresh Yellow Eye Beans have a rich, earthy, slightly sweet flavor and a smooth, buttery texture. When gently cooked, they become tender and creamy while holding their shape well.

They pair especially well with onions, garlic, tomatoes, maple syrup, molasses, mustard, smoked meats, hearty greens, sage, thyme, and other fresh herbs.

How to Use Them

• Traditional New England baked beans
• Soups and hearty stews
• Bean casseroles and braises
• Warm or chilled bean salads
• Bean and grain dishes
• Simply simmered with onions, garlic, and herbs

How to Prepare Them

Remove the beans from their pods and rinse. Add them to gently simmering salted water or broth and cook until tender, generally 20–30 minutes depending on their size and maturity.

Fresh Yellow Eye Beans do not require soaking. The pods are not edible and should be discarded or composted after shelling.

Buy Now and Freeze for Later

Fresh Yellow Eye Beans freeze well, making the larger box a useful way to stock your freezer while they are in season.

Shell the beans, blanch them briefly in boiling water, and transfer them immediately to ice water. Drain thoroughly, pack into freezer-safe containers or bags, and freeze.

Frozen Yellow Eye Beans can be cooked much like fresh beans and used throughout the year in baked beans, soups, stews, casseroles, braises, and salads. There is no need to thaw them before cooking.

Shipping & Delivery

Seasonal Availability:
Available only during the fresh shelling bean season and harvested to order.

We ship all produce nationwide by overnight delivery. At checkout, please select your preferred available delivery date.

Shipping Schedule:
• Order by Friday at 12 PM EST → Ships Monday
• Order by Monday at 12 PM EST → Ships Wednesday

Orders generally arrive the following day. If a shipping or delivery date falls on a holiday, your box will ship on the next available shipping day.

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